Naruto x Ninku Crossover Anime, Shadow Rising Manga Announced
Masashi Kishimoto reveals a four-episode crossover special and a new manga at New York Comic Con 2026.
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- New manga 'Shadow Rising' announced with Kishimoto involved
- Four-episode crossover anime 'Naruto x Ninku' confirmed for streaming
- Story sends Team 7 into the world of 1990s series Ninku
- Project supervised by Kishimoto and Ninku creator Koji Kiriyama
- Live-action film director Destin Daniel Cretton shared update
Masashi Kishimoto announced a new Naruto manga titled Shadow Rising and a crossover anime series called Naruto x Ninku during a panel at New York Comic Con 2026. The anime is a four-episode streaming special supervised by Kishimoto and Ninku creator Koji Kiriyama.
The crossover sends Team 7 — Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura — into the world of the 1990s ninja series Ninku after Kakashi assigns them a mission. Naruto meets Fūsuke, the frog-faced protagonist of Ninku, in an original story written as a tribute to Kiriyama's influence on Kishimoto.
“The further we get into making this film, the more excited I am about what we're creating.”
Noriyuki Abe directs the special with Tetsuya Nishio serving as character designer and chief animation director. Teaser trailers for both projects debuted at the panel, with further updates promised at Jump Festa 2027.
The panel also included a message from Destin Daniel Cretton, director of the live-action Naruto film, who expressed enthusiasm about bringing Kishimoto's world to the screen.
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